High Performance Configuration for Jetbrains IDEs [IntelliJ, WebStorm, etc..]
Once you step into the realm of multi-project development, large scale dev, or just have to have like 6 IDE's open. You really start to feel a performance hit on jetbrains IDEs.
This configuration aims to give at least 10x performance increases across the board.
- Faster Indexing Times
- More Responsive IntelliSense
- Less random freezing or UI lockups
- Better Memory Management
- More multi-threading
- Quicker startup time
The recommended way of changing the JVM options in the recent product versions is from the Help | Edit Custom VM Options menu. To change the IDE options go to *Help | Edit Custom Properties
For Older IDEs, something like this:
$ vim /Applications/IntelliJ\ IDEA\ 15.app/Contents/bin/idea.vmoptions
|- * idea.vmoptions
--> Help |> Edit Custom VM Options menu
|- * idea.properties
--> Help |> Edit Custom Properties